I personally trade off of 3M and 5M charts with various matrix indicators plugged into 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m, 6m, 8m, 10m and 13m charts. But I think...
50, dropped out of college to become a hippie and an artist. Have worked as Off-Off-Broadway playwright in New York City and as a nationally...
Good question, RTharp. I don't think my tone is weak, in fact, I just laugh it off. I don't really care very much about how others react beyond...
Genebort ---- Definitely follow NQ (e-mini futures: NQ01U or NQ U1 depending on your data provider), it leads COMPQ by a few seconds to a minute...
Whenever someone asks me what I do for a living, and I say I daytrade stock index futures, their first response is always, "My God, isn't that...
I agree with both of you. I trade ES exclusively and generally ignore the Dow but pay very close attention to NQ. NQ often leads ES by a tick or...
To tie two threads together: Hitman, you are very right about the futures, they do lead everything and cannot be traded at all like most stocks,...
That's right. During regular trading hours, probably 90+% of the time, spread is one tick (.25). Briefly goes to two ticks and occasionally...
I use IB primarily (can't beat those commissions!) too but have Lind-Waldock as backup because: 1) can always get through immediately by phone...
I trade the e-minis exclusively, and am probably aware of most of the Web sites devoted to them, but in my opinion, very few are worth...
It's generally not difficult to know when buy programs kick in ---- both e-minis (ES and NQ) start to show wild jump ticks upward, leaping across...
I think TradingMarkets is a terrific site ----- Goran and Haggerty, Landry too as well as Carolyn Boroden and Carolyn Lueck are outstanding...
I don't think you're missing anything either. E-Minis are probably the best trading instruments currently in existence, and you only have to...
For those new to e-mini trading, assuming you're a strict daytrader and never hold overnight, your chances of getting locked into a limit down...
There's a fairly complex series of time-based formulas that progressively change the limit-down levels on NQ and ES, updated on a quarterly basis....
E-Minis are superb trading instruments in many, many ways ----- but there is one major catch. You must be able to ruthlessly, automatically,...
Try http://www.ivolatility.com
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Personally, I found Farley's book superb and very useful as providing a comprehensive overview of chart interpretation. I also feel that there's...
TraderMike asks how we've changed strategies since the onset of the bear market. For me, not one bit! I trade ES exclusively, all I need is...
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